Fitzgerald the Great Gatsby, Roaring 20's

The 1920’s was a time of financial prosperity and social revolution.   It was otherwise named the Roaring 20’s, a name for the innovation of the arts; jazz, art deco, dance, and literature.   The arts were not the only innovations however; America was also experiencing social transformation that shaped the modern America of today.   At the advent of the 1920’s America had successfully transitioned from a wartime economy to a peacetime economy allowing the nation to prosper and encouraging opportunities for change.   If I was to choose a book that best reflected the time period of its development, it would be The Great Gatsby.   Fitzgerald, by manipulating the setting, details, personalities, and traits of the characters, emulated the social standings and the increase of working-class women during the Roaring 20’s.
Even with all the new innovations in the arts, the technology, and the business industries, the social changes was one of the most prominent innovations coming out of the Roaring 20’s, although, the social changes did get help from the expansion of technology.   The discovery of electricity, the telegraph, and most profoundly the automobiles, finally gave humans the ability to receive news and travel from distant areas, through the phone, and the TV. As a result of all of these discoveries, America was entering an era of Consumerism; it became very popular and appealing to show off one’s wealth and “class” through superfluous material things: like cars, pets, houses, and mostly clothe. During this time, this was especially common among the richer people; many ladies even had multiple dresses for different immaterial occasions like breakfast and dinner.   This idea was best played by Myrtle Wilson who “changed her dress to a brown figured muslin” to go out then who “changed… her costume… attired in an elaborate afternoon dress...” for the evening.   Even though Myrtle is more of the lower class living in an apartment with a “small living-room, a small...